Employment Law Blog

As part of Bow River Law LLP‘s commitment to legal excellence, we are often doing research and updating our knowledge in the law. In service of the public and profession, we then write legal blogs and news articles and post them here for your perusal.

Are you an Employment Lawyer looking for analysis on the latest case law in Alberta? You are in the right place! This employment law blog contains summary and analysis of most important case law in Alberta. It is easily searchable by precise date and keyword, with the option to search by more general categories as well.

NOTE: If you are only looking for legal highlights and more general employment law information, a better place to start is on our Resources pages.

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Latest Employment Law News Articles & Research

September 3, 2025

Patenaude v His Majesty the King in Right of Alberta (Environment and Protected Areas), 2025 AHRC 86 (CanLII) was a...

May 26, 2025

In Frisch v Pipefitters Local 488, a union member was fired and the union did not grieve. His Duty of...
Employment Contracts Drafting and Review, including Negotiation by Calgary Employment Lawyers

October 5, 2023

In Mohamed v Unite Here Local 47, 2023 CanLii 78335, the Building Trades of Alberta failed to secure intervenor status...

April 25, 2022

In Abay v CLAC, 2022 (ALRB), the CLAC union was found to have breached its Duty of Fair Representation to...
Union workers that have experienced a breach in DFR.

August 17, 2021

UFCW did not realize a union member had been terminated, and they failed to grieve it. ALRB ruled it was...